Henrik Frystyk Nielsen,
mailto:frystyk@microsoft.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Harald Tveit Alvestrand <hta@dokka.maxware.no>
To: <ietf@ietf.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 1999 16:15
Subject: FAQ: The IETF+Censored list
>
> The IETF+Censored mailing list
>
> At times, the IETF list is subject to debates that have little to
do
> with the purposes for which the IETF list was created. Some people
> would appreciate a "quieter" forum for the relevant debates that
take
> place, but the IETF's policy of openness has so far prevented the
IETF
> from imposing any censorship policy on the IETF@ietf.org list.
>
> To give people an alternative, there is a list called
> "ietf+censored@alvestrand.no".
>
> This list is a sublist (that is, it gets the same messages as) the
> open IETF discussion list. However, this list will not forward all
> messages; in particular, the filters have been set so that persons
and
> discussions that are, in the view of Harald Alvestrand, irrelevant
to
> the IETF list are not forwarded.
>
> Because this filter is automated, the criteria include:
> * Well known troublemakers
> * Well known crosspostings
> * Subjects that have led to recent non-conclusive exchanges
> * Some ways to say "unsubscribe"
>
> To join the list, [1]send the word "subscribe" in the BODY of a
> message to ietf+censored-request@alvestrand.no (the URL here is an
RFC
> 2368 mailto URL that does the Right Thing).
>
> For fun, there is a special list for the rejected messages:
> ietf+censored-rejects@alvestrand.no - subscribe in the same
fashion,
> by [2]mail to ietf+censored-rejects-request@alvestrand.no
>
> By public request, the current set of filters are listed at
> [3]http://www.alvestrand.no/cgi-bin/hta/ietf+censored-filters
>
> Some statistics on postings, which may be useful in getting a
> perspective on the effects of the filter, are at
> [4]posting-counts.html (started Oct 14, 1998).
>
> This page is http://www.alvestrand.no/ietf+censored.html, and is
> posted monthly in text form to ietf@ietf.org
> _________________________________________________________________
>
> Harald Tveit Alvestrand [5]< Harald@Alvestrand.no>
>
> References
>
> 1. mailto:ietf+censored-request@alvestrand.no?body=subscribe
> 2.
mailto:ietf+censored-rejects-request@alvestrand.no?body=subscribe
> 3. http://www.alvestrand.no/cgi-bin/hta/ietf+censored-filters
> 4. http://www.alvestrand.no/posting-counts.html
> 5. mailto:harald@alvestrand.no
>